I'm not saying this isn't a tragedy or anything, because what just happened was terrible, but this isn't even close to the Tsunamis in SW Asia, not even close. That was one of the most catsrophic things to ever happen in the history of the world. 170,000 people died w/ 130,000 missing. It's absolutely unbelievable what's been going on.
We know it's not close but it's our version of what happened there but it's only on a smaller scale. When London was bombed earlier this year and Spain was bombed a year ago they called these events their 9/11s even though thousands of lives were not lost. I believe this is our Tsunami, with hurricane aftermaths you usually don't see this amount of attention, aid pouring in, and the international community is starting to offer assistance as well.
What has happened down here is the wind have changed Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain Rained real hard and rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline The river rose all day The river rose all night Some people got lost in the flood Some people got away alright The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away President Coolidge came down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand The President say, ";Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has done To this poor crackers land."; Louisiana, Louisiana They're tyrin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They're tryin' to wash us away They're tryin' to wash us away - Randy Newman
I can't believe this is occurring in the U.S. Why aren't they at least dropping pallets of water and food around the Super Dome? Convention Center Update CNN: It's hard to describe. It's something I never could conceive of ever seein gin a major city like New Orleans. It is hard to believe. This is New Orleans Louisiana we ware talking about. We spent the last few hours at the convention center where There are thousands of people just laying in the street. They have nowhere to go. These are mothers. We saw mothers. We talked to mothers holding babies. Some of these babies are 3, 4, 5, months old living in these horrible conditions. Putrid food on the ground. Sewage, their feet sitting in sewage. We saw feces on the ground. These people are being forced to live like animals. When you look at some of these mothers your heart just breaks. We're not talking about a few families or a few hundred families. Thousands of people are gathered around the convention. I want to warn you. Some of these images that you will see they're very very graphic. But people need see this. The people that are down there have been down there for days. People need to see what it is really like here. We saw dead bodies. People are dying at the convention center and there's no one there to come get them. We saw an older woman, someone's mother someone's grandmother, in a wheelchair. Her dead body pushed up against the side of the convention center with a blanket over it. Right on the ground next to her another dead body wrapped in a white sheet. People are literally dying. Right in front of us as we were watching this a man went into a seizure on the ground. It looked like he was dying. People tried to prop his head up. No one has medical training. No ambulance can come. It is just heartbreaking that people are just sitting there without food or water waiting for the buses to come tak ehtem away. People keep asking us - when are the buses coming. And I just have to say, I don't know. http://atrios.blogspot.com/
